This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, June 9th, sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
A possible SNOWY EGRET was reported at the Twin Ponds along West Skyline Drive in Duluth on June 6th, although it has not been reported since. A WESTERN KINGBIRD was reported from Stoney Point on June 6th by Sandra van den Bosse. On June 4th an adult white morph ROSS'S GOOSE was reported at Interstate Island. The bird was seen at the left or east end of the island when viewing it from the Port Terminal area. A PACIFIC LOON was also reported on the 4th by Janet Riegle and Jim Schnur at Park Point on the lakeside, near the Superior Entry. They also reported SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, RUDDY TURNSTONE, and DUNLIN. At the mouth of the Knife River on June 5th, Jan Green also saw small numbers of SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, RUDDY TURNSTONES, SANDERLINGS, and SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS. A FRANKLIN'S GULL and a WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER were found at the softball fields on the south side of Ely on June 6th by Richard Gibson. Unusually far south was a male SPRUCE GROUSE reported from Carlton County by Nancy Jackson on June 6th along a remote area of the Ditchbank Road, one mile east of the Arrowhead Road. Craig Mandel also reported an OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER along the West Chubb Lake Road in Carlton County. A late migrant WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW was found at Judge Magney State Park northeast of Grand Marais on the 5th. The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, June 16th. The telephone number of the Duluth Rare Bird Alert is 218-834-2858. Information about bird sightings may be left following the recorded message. The Duluth Birding Report is sponsored and funded by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) as a service to its members. For more information on the MOU, either write us c/o the Bell Museum to [email protected], or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org.
